Horwich North

Bolton · North West · population 7,435 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,290 of 6,856 in England
  • #592 of 932 in North West
  • #18 of 35 in Bolton
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,299
Median age (est.)44
Density4,669per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above27%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 21%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 13%Other: 11%
One person 38%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 13%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 37% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Horwich North is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,290 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (56) and lowest on Crime (12). Typical homes here, about £212,850 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 50% in five years (from 104 sales), in line with the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £28,837 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 29 · #4,845
Employment 22 · #5,379
Education 33 · #4,605
Health 17 · #5,715
Crime 12 · #6,024
Housing & access 56 · #3,007
Living environment 24 · #5,187

House prices ?

£212,850median (12m) · +9.9% yr · n=104
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£212,850104+9.9%+49.9%
Detached£419,49520+4.4%+64.5%
Semi-detached£240,00033+6.7%+39.5%
Terraced£153,00043+2.0%+32.8%
Flat£103,1258-6.2%
This area£212,850
Bolton£207,500
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£28,837±£4,219 · #6,586 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,510
Price-to-income ?7.4×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

49Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Horwich North has not published usable street-level data for this period, so no rate or comparison is shown (a zero here would be misleading, not reassuring).

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